Jiaxing Zongzi (Glutinous Rice Wrapped in Bamboo Leaves)

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Jiaxing Xunzi is a famous specialty of Jiaxing, a traditional name of Jiaxing, with a long history. Jiaxing scorpion is famous for its sputum and not paste, fat but not greasy, sweet and fragrant, sweet and salty. Especially famous for its fresh meat, it is known as the "king of the scorpion". Because of its delicious taste, easy to carry and eat, Jiaxing Scorpion has won the favor of the majority of tourists and is known as the “Oriental Fast Food”.

Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, Jiaxing has become the most important rice-making area in Chinese history, and is known as the “granary of the world”. Tang Li Han in the "Jiaxing Putian Political Achievements" in the cloud: "Jiahe Yiyi, Jianghuai for the Kang; Jiahe apologize, Jianghuai for it." Qing Jiaxing Fu Zhi Xu Yaoguang re-edited "Jiaxing Fuzhi" volume thirty In the "Products" mentioned: in the middle of the 19th century, the varieties of glutinous rice produced in the Jiaxing Prefecture area were such as: white shell, black mullet, chicken feet, shrimps, crab claws, citron, Chen Yu, Luhua 糯, sheep. More than 30 kinds of lipid rafts. At the same time, Jiaxing is still an important commodity pig production base in China, and the production and quality of broiler chicken and fresh eggs are also high. These rich and high-quality raw materials for agricultural products have created very favorable conditions for the development of various types of flower color, which is an important factor that later formed the unique quality of Wufangzhai. More than two thousand years ago, Qu Yuan and Wu Zikai left an immortal legend, and the custom of translating the family's feelings into a noon restaurant was passed on to future generations. More than 600 years ago, “Jiahu Fine Point” created the Jiangnan Dim Sum School and was famous in China. Among them, Xunzi was the representative. Since the end of Qing Dynasty, it has been popular in Jiaxing. In 1921, Zhang Jinquan, a businessman from Lanxi, Zhejiang Province, opened the first scorpion shop in Zhangjialong, Jiaxing City. The three-member partnership funded the formation of five shares, hence the name “Wufangzhai”, meaning “Wufang Fangxin”, which opened The centuries-old history of the old name. In the 1940s, Wufangzhaizi was known as the "big king of the scorpion" with the characteristics of "not smashing, not fat, not fragrant, delicious, salty and sweet." In 1956, the public-private partnership, "Jing Ji", "Hou Ji", "Qing Ji" three "Wufangzhai" and "Scented Zhai" four families together as a "Jiaxing Wufangzhaizizi shop." After another half century of changes, Wufangzhai adhered to the principle of quality, and created a well-known gold signboard, which also became a city card for Jiaxing. After a hundred years of vicissitudes and sorrows, and concentrating the efforts of several generations of people, Wufangzhai bid farewell to the traditional business model of the former shop and the back square, and embarked on the road of modern enterprise development in the transformation and transformation. Today, Wufangzhai respects the concept of "harmony", adhering to the essence of traditional food culture, innovating the path of the development of old brands, and striving to create a complete industrial chain with rice products as the core, and continue to write a brilliant chapter of Wufangzhai's new century.